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Ignorance is Strength 4

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Spring 1984, the army of Oceania are bloody and battered by the ruthless forces of Eurasia. despite the long war, the troops spirits are high, there is a rumor that chocolate rations will go up. As they march toward the front, their minds chant there motto..
war is peace
freedom is slavery
ignorance is strength.

so first things first, this is only an test/experimentation piece. i am trying to go for a George Orwell "1984" vibe. I just wanted to test some techniques out, before i started work on a bigger sized base to house the tank and mech. all in all i am happy with the overall results, and learned a few things that will help me out as i plan and build a base. overall the 8 figurines and base took me about 4 days.

The Elements

The Figurines: i painted these guys how i normally do, but this time i was much faster. i finally have a good system down and was able to make all 8 in about two days. i had two packs of Dragon ww2 German solders, that i got free with some mini arts kits. and the siting solder is from a Tamiya German tank crew at rest.
The Base: i tried out devilsreject493 method of making bases [link] [link]
and i was a pretty fun little process. i added dyed sheet moss, and some real rocks. overall i was very happy with the results, and will be using this process on my next base.
The Building:lol the building is actually a plaster of pairs cast, of a mini arts building i have. this came out ok, and i had to carve out the details, but i cant complain. lol only problem was when i went to do a photo shoot yesterday, the building fell off and broke in like 4 places. after some cursing, i was able to repair the damage, and add more weathering to hide the mistake. the lesson i learned is next time make pins on the building to attach to the base.
The Posters: i added some 1984 propaganda posters. i just found them on Google images,printed them out, damaged them, and dusted them in pastels. here is a link to the ones i used, all rights and credit go to the original artists
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so thanks everyone for looking, hope you enjoy it. and feel free to leave questions and comments. ill be more than happy to answer them!

"1984" is the work of George Orwell.
Image size
3264x2448px 2.17 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot SD1300 IS
Shutter Speed
1/318 second
Aperture
F/8.0
Focal Length
5 mm
ISO Speed
1600
Date Taken
Oct 3, 2011, 4:56:23 PM
Sensor Size
6mm
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AdamThung's avatar
the details are just awesome about how big is each figure in inches?